Day 22:
Tent:
- Temp: 74-79.5F
- RH: 47-55%
- Light on/off: 20/4
- Distance to light: 22 inches
Plants:
- Removed 2 males.
- 3 plants stretching like crazy.
- "FD-1 (Shorty)" was moved closer to light, slight signs of light stress with folded (taco) leaves. Swapped location, not directly under light.
Day 23:
- So much stretching!!
- Plants were folding (taco'ing) up due to light intensity. Lowered plants away from light by 6 inches.
- Distance to light: 28 inches
Day 24:
- Installed new duct fan (AC Infinity Cloudline T6). Set to run constantly on low speed (speed 2 of 10) during lights on.
- Subtle signs of some leaves showing light stress.
- Watered with PH 6.5 standing tap water
Day 26:
- Temp: 74-81F
- RH: 44-54%
- Watered with 6.5 PH adjusted tap water.
Day 27:
- Temp: 75-82F
- Increased light intensity from 25% to 29%
- Increased exhaust fan speed from 20% to 30%, constant on
- Topped 1 plant, Fimming on 1 plant, LST on 2 plants
- Watered approximately .25 liters of PH 6.7 tap water per plant.
Day 28:
- Temp: 72-82F
- Distance to light: increased by adjusting plant locations, to provide 20 inch distance to light.
- Plants very thirsty, soil completely dry.
- Watered approximately .4 liters of PH 6.6 tap water per plant.
- Adjustments to LST ties. Fimming on 1 plant.
@CoastGrower,
Thanks! Unfortunately, this particular grow won't likely make it through to any sort of harvest, as it was always intended to simply be a test grow to feel out the environment of my new tent and grow light but feel free to check out my "Early Miss" autoflower journal, which is my first "real" indoor grow and also includes a few lovely photos ;)
growdiaries.com/diaries/28981-1st-auto-grow-under-qb96-elites
@planttracker, I was glad to have them as a test strain to get used to my new light & tent set up but not much worth to me as a harvest-able product.
They're also just nice to grow as a house-plant. Not too smelly and they seem pretty hardy.
I was surprised that they turned out to be autoflowers, it's not mentioned on the website but hey, 100 free seeds are gonna come with couple surprises i guess! π
@Puffer_Bill,
Thanks. These have been a great little test project for the new tent setup.
I know i'll have failures so my hope is that the detail in the comments will help others to help me! π β
@MovingOn, No, they were never intended to be grown through to harvest. I used them just as test subjects for the new grow setup. I kept them around in front of a sunny window for a while before chopping them and throwing the whole lot in my garden compost pile.
Hi @VanCplGrows and greetings from Burlington, ON Canada. I've noticed you've been experiencing some issues with some of your grows. I was also seeing similar issues with my plants. The hydroponics store owner in my area said it's usually a PH issue so I purchased a new Blue Lab tester and re-calibrate it every week but my grows were not getting any better. They were OK but could always look better. Growing is supposed to be fun and exciting yet I was feeling stressed cuz my plants always had issues. Last year a close grower friend of mine suggested using Holland Secrets full line by Future Harvest (Canadian company). I'm on to my 4th grow with Holland Secret and have no longer seen any deficiencies with my plants. My feed schedule is feed/feed/flush. I give a long flush after every 2 feedings and in the long run I save on nutrients. I do not work for this company nor am I affiliated in any way. I just came across your diaries and wanted to share my experience. π
Good Luck with your future grows and all the bestππ